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When it comes to pulled pork, I’m a full blown snob! I love it so much, that my bucket list includes a trip through the small towns of the south, sampling pulled pork and ribs from the well kept secret spots and smoky hole-in-the-wall kinds of joints, where the craft of bar-b-que is practiced from ancient family recipes.

Now, while I’d love to slow cook my own pork over a sampling of hardwoods, and allow the natural flavors to develop over hours of heat, the reality is that I’m a mom of three busy kids, who works full time. Carpools, laundry, bickering daughters, and work would not wait for me to monitor a roasting hunk of meat and the demands of an open flame in my small, suburban back yard.

So, I do what any other sensible cook would do, I pull out my slow cooker. I know it is not comparable to an open flame, but, oh well!

Here is my recipe. It is an awesome blend of a Carolina style vinegar pulled pork, and its bar-b-que based counterpart. I think of it as the best of both worlds. Smoky and savory, tangy and sweet all collide in this recipe that will leave you craving more!

Ingredients:

1 large (8-10 lb.) pork shoulder/picnic or Boston Butt roast

1 head of garlic peeled

1 med. Yellow onion

1 of each—Red pepper, yellow pepper, & orange pepper

½ to 1 cup of ketchup

4 cups of apple cider vinegar

3-4 tbsp. of brown sugar

Bar-b-Que seasoning

Salt and pepper

Preparation:

Sprinkle roast with seasoning.

Chop peppers and onions into large chunks

Place roast, peppers, onions, and garlic into a slow cooker.

Pour in vinegar

Cook 8-10 hours on medium to high until the meat is tender and falls apart easily.

Remove meat and set aside to cool.

Strain juice from the slow cooker into a medium sauce pan on the stove.

Boil liquid until reduced to half

Add ½ cup of ketchup and 3 tbsp of brown sugar and continue to boil until you have a thin sauce. You may need to add small amounts of brown sugar or ketchup to adjust taste.

Use two forks or your stand mixer to shred meat and add it to the sauce.

Serve on a roll of your choice, or open faced on a slab of Texas Toast garlic bread!

Tips:

The longer the meat sits in the sauce, the better it tastes

This can be frozen in smaller amounts and used as needed.

Make it at least one day in advance to allow the meat to soak up the sauce.